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Entries in Legal fees (3)

Thursday
Mar292012

Litigation travesty

• DateThursday, March 29, 2012

Lawyers fail to comply with requirements for speedy, efficient proceedings ... Possible costs penalties ... Reference to Queensland Law Society and Bar 'n' Grill ... Reeves J unloads both barrells in Federal Court ... Sir Terence O'Rort reports 

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Thursday
Mar152012

The usual rule

• DateThursday, March 15, 2012

Judges from the ranks of successful lawyers ... Poachers are warned not to turn gamekeepers ... Wolves in sheeps' clothing ... The usual (unusual) rule ... Judges propping-up the fees grab ... What lawyer said: "Frankly, the pursuit of money by the legal profession came to disgust me"? ... Tulkinghorn probes 

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Tuesday
Jan172012

The Circumlocution Office

• DateTuesday, January 17, 2012

"Reform" of legal fees - four centuries of chicanery ... Tulkinghorn awards prizes for "reforms" that increase legal costs ... Jacking-up revenue by replacing "necessary or proper" costs with "fair and reasonable" costs ... Looks like the Circumlocution Office has got hold of the Marfording Report 

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